December 30: Are schools ignoring their high-scoring kids? A Post column founders on facts

December 23: Krugman cites a class--the yokels--who deserve to be served by the pressDecember 22: Hagel is a press corps darling. So the Post pimped his fake, phony taleDecember 21: Dean Broder visits our underserved schools—and undersolves their problemsDecember 19: Foers account of Campaign 2000 comes from the dark side of Neptune

December 17: A grandmothers letter to the Post shows us where reading skills come fromDecember 16: Where, except in the mainstream press, could NPRs logic obtain?December 14: A study suggests that we teach science hard—to kids at one end of the scaleDecember 12: Mr. O captures the sense of the seasonand extends a long, ignored war

December 8: Spellings want to teach more science. We agree—but lets teach it to allDecember 7: And when we looked around the room, the rat involved may have been usDecember 6: Mort and Charles and Cokie and George were confused by the views of prole votersDecember 5: Again, Charlotte-Meck does just OK in a trial assessment

December 2: How did Highland get those high scores? Hedrick Smith doesnt quite askDecember 1: How does Charlotte teach the least among us? Hedrick Smith never quite asksNovember 30: Clintons a traitor, Cunningham said. Its time to tell voters about itNovember 29: Hedrick Smith didnt know the drill. This made the Drill-Down seem thrillingNovember 28: Should we have uniform national standards? Its time someone argued the point

November 23: Know-nothing pundits love this script about American schoolingNovember 22: Gigot cherry-picked a Fitzgerald quote. Ditto Biden with CheneyNovember 21: When PBS reviews Charlotte-Meck, one thought comes to mind—its all good

November 18: Everyone gains—except the kids—when bogus claims go uncorrectedNovember 17: Have Charlottes schools really made big gains? The data suggest they have notNovember 16: A school chief makes remarkable claims—claims which dont seem to be trueNovember 15: Did Michael Steele get pelted with cookies? We add to what A-blog has saidNovember 14: Teach for Americas feel-good ideals lead us to ask some tough questions

November 12: What actually happened at 126? More important: Could it happen somewhere else?November 10: Today, were heading off to Virginia—where Clinch Mountain voters said noNovember 9: Did Alvarado help low-income kids? It isnt real easy to sayNovember 8: When Smith goes into our low-income schools, he seems to say this: Its all good!November 7: Describing NYC school reform, Smith hands us a kooky chronology

November 6:Even Clinton said there were WMD! The claim is irrelevant, but it persists—because of our liberal elitesNovember 4: Smiths team wants a revolution. In Chicago, we dont think they found itNovember 3: Centennial has a hard-working staff. But does this school actually work?November 2: Hedrick Smith makes enormous claims. But do his claims actually work?November 1: Brit Hume and a panel of hacks insisted that Fitz never said itOctober 31: Puzzled pundits poured milque on toast in the wake of the Libby indictment

October 28: Hedrick Smith replies to our post—and we, in turn, to himOctober 27: Derision of obvious logic and fact helps show why the center-left losesOctober 26: An e-mailer challenges no harm, no foul. With lightning speed, we answerOctober 25: Kristof assumes grave harm occurred. But he still says no foul:October 24: The Times talked up the mayor it loves—then went gloom-and-doomy on Bush

October 21: The Washington press corps loves a good fable. That may explain some Wilson coverageOctober 20: Statewide test show massive gains. But the NAEP records no such progressOctober 19: Why was Miller given free rein? Alterman goes to Sag HarborOctober 18: Arianna fakes about Miller—as she once faked about GoreOctober 17: Did Scooter give Plames name to Judy? It doesnt really make any difference

October 14: But what will happen to Baltimores kids? Jonathan Kozols still askingOctober 13: David Broder, snoring loudly, headlines a dumb, addled press corpsOctober 12: If only Franke-Ruta had been around to fight hard for Candidate GoreOctober 11: Buchanan says Bush doesnt want to dump Roe. It makes an intriguing speculationOctober 10: Ezra Klein types a Disneyfied version of what Gene Robinson said

October 7: Will you still object to the corps when they start pimping nonsense you like?October 6: Michael Winerip thrills the soul with a look at one states easy testOctober 5: Applebaum falls for the pseudo-lib impulse, turning those corpses to rumorsOctober 4: As Robinson over-praises Bennett, we describe future change at this site

September 28: The New York Times prints a simple tale about Princeton Highs achievement gapSeptember 27: A letter writer helps us recall whats at stake in that Times reportSeptember 26: The New York Times plays its readers for fools about those Wake County test scores

September 23: Rush revives his murder claims—and liberal scribes are too comfy to careSeptember 22: Lou Dobbs asks a good question on Nagin. Jesse declines to respondSeptember 21: The mayor looks real good in clothes, the Times Joyce Purnick gushesSeptember 20: Lowlife rednecks come to TV—and the great New York Times cheersSeptember 19: The parson Meacham just couldnt wait to repeat a simple story

September 16: Evan Thomas told an astonishing tale—then gave us our leader restoredSeptember 15: Sorry! The Center wasnt all over cable, despite what observers recall:September 14: Mr. O gets a chance to cut through the spin when he interviews Condi tonightSeptember 13: Roberts cant opine about Roe, Lane said—and he offered some fractured press logicSeptember 12: Even when people are suffering and dying, they just wont stop making up facts

September 10: Brownie should never have held his job. But so too with most of the press corpsSeptember 9: Maybe well fix the New Orleans schools? What makes us think we can do that?September 8: Pseudo-liberals pleasured themselves with dumb, feel-good tales about raceSeptember 7: Today, well try to speak so slowly that even professors can followSeptember 6: How fast does FEMA normally act? Oddly, we tried to check facts

September 2: Well delay our current series while we wait for help to arriveSeptember 1: Is Calixto given appropriate textbooks? The question is quite rarely askedAugust 31: How well can Calixto read? A fine profile doesnt quite askAugust 30: We asked ourselves what Calixto meant when he fumed to a scribe, I cant read:August 29: We groaned at a string of tired old saws about our urban schoolrooms

August 27: One more journalist changes the facts to produce a treasured contradictionAugust 26: Press-to! Harris disappears the press, just like Roger Simon before himAugust 25: When Harris reports on the Whitewater mess, the press corps misconduct disappearsAugust 24: Why did the press feel disdain for Clinton? He just wasnt cool, Harris saysAugust 23: Harris describes the press corps disdain for Clinton, going where career liberals wontAugust 22: One cohort is AWOL in Harris story. Perhaps you can guess who it is

August 20: Openly trashing Limbaughs ethics, Olbermann—at last—got it rightAugust 19: When the liberal web praised Arianna (again!), we saw the stuff of born losersAugust 18: Meyerson tackles pro-war scribes—and reminds us of pieces not writtenAugust 17: Matthews, back from a long vacance, stuck his nose into Sheehans divorceAugust 16: The Dean knows nothing about urban schools—but soundly scolds teachers, who doAugust 15: Hurrah! Hooray! A million kudos! Howard Dean says that Democrats have to start telling the truth!!!

August 13: Democrats should be more like Rush Limbaugh, a famous Born Loser advised usAugust 12: Aarrgh! Our favorite, Sidney, sexed up the facts, much like Pincus before himAugust 11: If Hillary Clinton runs for prez, Richard Cohen knows where it will lead himAugust 10: Rumour continued to move through the ranks, this time in Imus formAugust 9: Carville told Imus some second-hand tales. We recalled glorious HomerAugust 8: Drum inquires about our health. We call him out on the carpet

August 5: Paul Krugman helped us consider the problem with creeping self-freeperizationAugust 4: Matthews played a famous old card. But Joe and Liz just wouldnt go thereAugust 3: Digby makes the best case against Novak. But heres why we dont buy it yetAugust 2: Where did Novak hear Plame, Kornblut asks. Well offer a wild guess—George Tenet!

July 31: Armando inquired about our strange crusade. Incomparably, we settle all pointsJuly 30: Why have we reacted to this case as we have? Wed call that an excellent questionJuly 29: When Harlow explained what he told Bob Novak, he described a weak requestJuly 28: Matthews and Allen were totally clueless about Joe Wilsons reportJuly 27: Are Dems too dumb to compete with the RNC? A spin about Plame says yesJuly 26: Marshall was flatly wrong about Roberts. After that, things just got worseJuly 25: Who hired Patrick Fitzgerald? An early profile of the prole gumshoe may lead a leaker to ask

July 23: McCain and Brooks cant imagine a crime. Not being fools, we can help themJuly 22: A famous solon talked some trash. But uh-oh! Matthews challengedJuly 21: Were reading about John Roberts choresbecause of what happened when Gore mentioned hisJuly 20: The Bush Admin started framing their man—and some scribes hurried to help themJuly 19: We thought Gwen Ifill was the world's worst. Then we watched tape of Jon MeachamJuly 18: Kristol played killjoy for those on the right. We were shocked when a smart liberal wouldnt

July 16: Two top pundits massaged the facts--and a famous host stared into airJuly 15: When Ken Mehlman began to misstate, big pundits rolled over, as alwaysJuly 14: When White House honchos signed those waivers, the press corps agreed not to tell youJuly 13: Wilson has been a wreck from the start. But libs only want to be dumbJuly 12: I want to know the truth, Bush said. Libs should hit hard on that statementJuly 11: Stupidity has been a pseudo-con value. But lately, it has spread to the left

July 8: Joe Scarborough knew who to blame for the bombings. Is he the worlds biggest phony?July 7: A testing executive shared his views about where steep score gains come fromJuly 6: What should Bush’s choice be asked? Baker provides sheer confusionJuly 5: When city test scores suggested progress, the Times rushed to praise a great mayor

July 2: Are we being cruelly punished for past complaints about Dowd?July 1: In an age of slime and hoaxing, John Harris types a new set of wordsJune 30: When will liberals express a key point—that we live in a world run by hoaxers?June 29: Did Perot cost Bush the 92 race? At Tapped, we learn where spin comes fromJune 28: What is a zombie like Jeffrey Brown doing on public TV?June 27: A comical tale about Strong Leader Bush makes us wonder about Woodwards access

June 25: Amazing! When Plan of Attack first appeared, the press said it proved Bushs honesty!June 24: Did the Bush Admin fix the intelligence? Liberals keep bungling the infoJune 23: Uh-oh! A few weeks after the Downing Street memo, Cheney started pimping the nukesJune 22: Had Bush decided on war by July? For Woodward, its hard to decideJune 21: Info is scarce on those Downing Street memos. We return to Bob Woodwards odd bookJune 20: On Sundays, youll meet more liars than liberals. Here—let Joe Klein prove it

June 18: Matthews panel had a dunce cap for Kerry. They should have worn it themselvesJune 17: Liars outnumber actual liberals—if you watch Sunday TVJune 16: How should Hillary deal with Klein? Dems simply have to decideJune 15: Who are the people on Sunday shows? Bill Moyers made matters clearJune 14: Why was Clinton hated so much? Blogger Pangloss knows the drillJune 13: Maybe now youll believe what weve said about former liberal Michael Kinsley

June 11: Krugman toyed with his foppish tormenter—and told an important taleJune 10: The Houston Miracle was a big fraud. But how about Prince Georges County?June 9: How long will the press corps put up with this clowning? Massah Brit plans to find outJune 8: Will the press corps reject the Hillary slime? Yes, they will—if you force themJune 7: Are New York City's kids on the march? A skeptical scribe got it right!June 6: Pundits praised their Watergate work. But what have they done for you lately?

June 4: Okrent didnt get anything right. But so what! Manjoo kiss-kissed himJune 3: Why are TV liberals inept? Lawrence ODonnells grisly performance taught us to follow the moneyJune 2: Why do "TV liberals" argue so poorly? Perhaps they aren't "liberals" at all!June 1: Pursuit of buttered brain may not equip you for taking on Paul Krugmans workMay 31: Why do we liberals lose spin wars, Drum asks. Incomparably, we start on our answerMay 30: The New York Times printed Krugmans reply. But first, they pimped pure propaganda

May 27: Its an amazing tale of pious hypocrisy—a tale that your press corps wont tellMay 26: Final question: Why did a guy who voted for Kerry love fever swamps of the right?May 25: Weve marveled as big scribes fail to explain that ballyhooed Senate agreementMay 24: The New York Times does ID Moyers. So why did Dan Okrent say different?May 23: Daniel Okrent finally leaves—taking a cheap shot at Krugman

May 21: When will Liberal Oasis learn—that our big orgs are next door to perfect?May 20: Good Lord! Kevin Drum says the New York Times is state of the art in perfectionMay 19: Brooks licks every man in the house. Well zero in on KatrinaMay 18: Howard Kurtz profiles Newsweeks Mark Whitaker. And boss-man has never seemed brighterMay 17: Your press corps works on flyweight standards. Here—let the MRC prove itMay 16: The press ignores Bushs overnight guests. We recall a different era

May 14: Quindlen got it right—about Gary Bauer! But will she dare take on the swells?May 12: Hillary wasn't involved, say the feds. On Hardball, they strung her up anywayMay 11: Matt Miller put his words in your mouth. We thought about Moynihans legacyMay 10: Again, a Times op-ed gives information you cant get in news reportsMay 9: Peter Beinart starts getting it right in the Post—just about six years too late

May 7: Tierney types a tired old tale. But how should a Democrat answer?May 6: There are no cuts, the Post pundit says. Dems have to know how to answerMay 5: Bush has some gifts for Americas mothers—disinformation, disrespect, phony fearMay 4: Which word is right, Brooks Jackson asks. But thats not the way to approach thisMay 3: Every Dem should be dismayed by the Leaders appalling performance.May 2: Pelosi, Dodd and Leahy discussed SS—and embarrassed themselves once again.

April 30: George Bush lied in the face of the young. And the Washington Post typed it up.April 29: The Times praised part of Coulters book. Heres what we found when we fact-checkedApril 28: When Time pimped Coulter, it became crystal clear. There are two different liberal websApril 27: We puzzled as Russert continued presenting all religion, almost all the darn timeApril 26: Good Lord! When the New York Times reviewed Coulters book, it praised her brilliant researchApril 25: Coulter is filled with contempt for the public. But then, so are most of her friends

April 22: How bizarre is Ann Coulter? Deep in the weeds, let us show youApril 21: Cloud has mastered a standard script—with Coulter, its just good solid funApril 20: Coulter makes errors like other scribes breathe. But store-bought John Cloud couldnt find themApril 19: Times latest store-bought pimps Ann Coulter. As he does, what is loosed on the world?April 18: Frank Rich still wont tell his readers that Whitewater was a fake scandal

April 15: When Coulter called Hillary Clinton ''pond scum,'' Jay Carney knew how to play itApril 14: OReilly says that hell defend Hill! Will Big Famous Libs meet his challenge?April 13: Kristof and his cohort will lie until liberals and Dems make them stopApril 12: Kennedy said he wouldnt check with the pope. But Novak scolds solons who wontApril 11: Were just as pious as NBC News, the Capital Gang piously said

April 8: Liberal spokesmen treat you like rubes when they kill Bill and hand Chris a passApril 7: The Catholicization of NBC News was on full display last eveningApril 6: Even Josh Marshall took himself AWOL concerning that War Against GoreApril 5: Alas! Lithwicks fine cohort would never do what a judge and a brain doctor didApril 4: The press is AWOL—and Lithwick is shocked. But the press has been AWOL for years

April 1: Reporting from the Good Planet Hot Tub, Michelle Cottle ignored Barbara WellerMarch 31: At the Times, they err on the side of confusion. And sometimes they just get it wrongMarch 30: A documentary's ''involving ideas'' help show what the press corps is notMarch 29: Cottles crib is worth $2 million. So why are her comments so worthless?March 28: Bumiller was afraid to question Bush pre-Iraq. But she isnt afraid to give tongue baths

March 17: When liberal spokesmen keep their mouths shut, is it simply a case of self-interest?March 16: Judd Gregg hoped to fool some rubes. He landed George Will and Fred HiattMarch 15: One liberal spokesman praised Rathers brilliance. But why would a liberal do that?March 14: Post liberals routinely pander to cons. Liberal spokesmen all know not to say so

March 11: Rather tries to destroy all Republicans—until you run a quick Nexis searchMarch 10: Liberals wont state the most obvious points. Lets say it—theyre too freakin stupidMarch 9: E. J. Dionne serves you milquetoast RE Hagel. Go see if the liberal web caresMarch 8: Liberals bungled the Dan Rather mess. But Flavia Colgan (almost) got it rightMarch 7: Why did libs bungle the Dan Rather flap? We start with one scribes Happy Landing

March 5: Why are voters so under-informed about SS? Four words—Chris Matthews, Anne KornblutMarch 4: The Tribune hates fake facts—in its comic strips. Everywhere else, theyre encouragedMarch 3: If Rangel is willing to pimp Bushs numbers, why should Bob Schieffer do different?March 2: Wherever they went to find Jim Lehrer, they must have found Schieffer there tooMarch 1: Biden bungled this topic too. Lets check out the logic of add-onsFebruary 28: The Post discussed George Bushs deceptions—just as Karl Rove would discuss them

February 26: Why wont news orgs cover Jeff Gannon? Could it be because Gannon aint news?February 25: We said that liberals need Master Narratives. Last night, two pundits showed whyFebruary 24: Maureen Dowd teaches a valuable lesson. But why is this sad lesson needed?February 23: When Franke-Ruta responded to our critique, she showed what were talking aboutFebruary 22: When will the Post and the Times move beyond the politics of Social Security?February 21: The Posts Gene Robinson balanced Ann Coulter. But he just trashed Democrats too

February 18: The Posts Eugene Robinson thinks hes a liberal. Someone should tell him hes notFebruary 17: If you were paid millions of dollars a year, would you have spent more time preparing?February 16: What was Russert trying to say? He mangled some simple key factsFebruary 15: Go ahead—take the Russert Challenge! Try to figure out what he saidFebruary 14: Why are voters confused about Social Security? Maybe they watch Meet the Press!

February 11: Why is it easy for Bush to mislead? Dionne takes the heat off his colleagues! (Also: Do NOT miss todays Howler History)February 10: What happens when Bush misleads the rubes? Joe Klein simply lies in our facesFebruary 9: When John McCain made wild misstatements, Stephanopoulos praised his straight talkFebruary 8: Three separate times, Bush told Tampa voters that SS wont be there for themFebruary 7: Disinforming the public is easy for Bush. Steve Luxenberg helps out at the Post

February 4: Can we save SS without private accounts? The New York Times buries a bombshellFebruary 3: Brian Williams paid tribute to Johnny in reacting to Bush's new whopperFebruary 2: Bush will discuss SS tonight. And CBS will continue its bunglingFebruary 1: Why is Conan still confused? For years, he has heard no rebuttalJanuary 31: Uh-oh! Knowing his host was still confused, Stephen Moore peddled prime spin

January 28: Why does Bush keep misstating the facts on SS? He knows only Krugman will challengeJanuary 27: Uh-oh! Twenty years into the SS debate, Conan found his guests answers confusing:January 26: Uh-oh! Marilyn telephoned NPR with a question on Social SecurityJanuary 24: Republicans hate the word privatization. But Daniel Pat played this game too

January 19: Russert slept at one guests feet. But then he chased after anotherJanuary 18: To see George Bushs misstatements challenged, youll just have to tune in to FoxJanuary 17: Bush will be pimping a common deception. We call on Paul Krugman to limn it

January 15: Amazing! One reporter penned the piece which should have been in every paperJanuary 14: Peter Jennings covers for Bush. And Bumiller? Hopeless, as alwaysJanuary 13: George Bush lied in Josh Wrights face. And David Gregory knew not to tell youJanuary 12: How will major pundits respond to yesterdays lies by George Bush?January 10: Russert recited Irrelevant Facts on SS. None of his panelists challenged him.

January 7: Conservative bias rules the SS debate. Matthews, Kay and Kurtz make it clear.January 6: Sununus plan doesnt seem to make sense. At the Times, an ace scribe fails to notice.January 5: Is any fact about Social Security so simple that Birnbaum can grasp it?January 4: Bush has a fake, phony figure to pimp. Gail Collins deftly debunks itJanuary 3: The New York Times went to war late last year. This morning, the warfare continues